Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC , 4th Oct. US Department Spokesman Matthew Miller on Tuesday in a briefing said that as India seems to have cornered Canada on the issue of Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder case and the exact definition of terrorism and he said that Nijjar didn’t come across as one.
Miller reiterated that US is closely coordinating with Canada pertaining to the claims of Indian government’s complicity in the fatal shooting of Khalistan terrorist Nijjar.
Miller stated, “We remain in close coordination with our Canadian colleagues on this question.”
Trudeau claimed that Nijjar’s shooting death was orchestrated by the Indian government.
Nijjar, a man with a terrorist designation in India, was shot and killed in front of a Gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia on June 18.
Trudeau asserted at a discussion in the Canadian Parliament that “agents of the Indian government” were likely responsible for the murder of the Canadian citizen who also served as the president of Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara.
India has categorically denied the allegations, labeling them as “absurd” and “motivated.”
Canada has not yet made any public proof of the alleged murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar available.
According to Miller, the US has rcontacted the Indian government to urge them to assist the Canadian inquiry.
He claimed that during the meeting of the US State Secretary Antony Blinken and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar they got a chance to talk about the matter.
According to Trudeau, Ottawa wants to “work constructively with India” in regards to the claims.
Trudeau at a joint press conference with Ukraine President Zelenskyy said, “In regards to India, Canada has shared the credible allegations that I talked about on Monday. With India, we did that many weeks ago. We are there to work constructively with India and we hope that they engage with us so that we can get to the bottom of this very serious matter.”
According to Mr. Jaishankar, the existing state of affairs cannot be described as a “deadlock,” and the Indian government is willing to consider any specific and pertinent information supplied by the Canadian side in relation to the matter.
Mr. Jaishankar made remarks during a press conference on Friday in Washington, D.C., “Well, I don’t know if I would use the term deadlock.”
“Here is the problem: Some accusations have been made by the Canadians.”
They have been informed that this is not a policy of the Government of India, and we are open to reviewing it if they are willing to provide us with details and other pertinent information. In that regard, the situation is as it is.
“But what we do not want to see is an incident treated in isolation because then that somewhere does not convey the right picture,” he added.
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